Issue 10/2009

The integrated research centre at Syngenta Crop Protection AG in Stein, Switzerland, presents a striking architectural landmark against the flat...

Stroypolimerkeramika (SPK), a Russian company with more than 2000 employees, is an important brick supplier for the Moscow region. The division...

Leier International opened their new backing brick factory in Petrovany, Slovakia, on September 11. The family-run concern owns and operates a number...

At the beginning of March 2009 the Heluz brick factory in the Czech town of Hevlin on the Austrian border was officially commissioned. The foundation...

After an extremely short construction and commissioning period, the innovative plant of the Group Terreal France in Colomiers near Toulouse, France,...

In May 2009, after a planning, construction and installation period of roughly one and a half year, the GB-based group Hanson Building Products...

In 2006/2007 Ceric undertook to convert a roofing tile manufacturing plant into a brick factory in Stary Oskol in Russia. This international project...

This year‘s Ceramitec in Munich is standing under an unlucky star. The adverse global economic situation has not spared the ceramic industry‘s...

How fast will things pick up again? What level of business can we expect for the immediate future? These are the questions that cause us the most...

Ceramitec 2009, the 11th International Trade Fair for Machinery, Equipment, Plants, Processes and Raw Materials for Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy, is...

Dear Readers, We are looking forward to this year’s Ceramitec in Munich with eager expectation. Our industry – brick manufacturers, plant constructors...

The 16th International Conference on “Brickmaking History/Brickmaking Museums“ took place from the 28th to 30th June 2009 in Westeregeln near

Tecnargilla is back – one of the most important international exhibitions dedicated to technology and supplies for the ceramic and brick industries,...

Research Project conducted by: Research Alliance of the Brick and Tile Industry Reg'd (FGZ) Project number AiF 14838 N Promoted by BMWi through the...

The Siemens Division Industry Automation has expanded its Simatic WinCC/DowntimeMonitor and Simatic WinCC/DataMonitor software options for the Simatic...

The Sentron PAC3100 Power Monitoring Device from the Siemens Division Industry Automation records energy consumption and measures basic electrical...

In the Ruhr district of Germany, DSK Deutsche Steinkohle AG wins coal from depths of more than 1 000 m. During mining, besides the pure coal itself, a...

Both for downstream thermal processes and for product quality, it is very important that the moisture content of the raw material be kept as constant...